Tonight one of the world's finest composers and one of the world's greatest violinists join forces in a television premiere. Chain 2 is a violin concerto in all but name by the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski.
The soloist is the brilliant young German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
To begin the programme, there is another work taking up this year's literary theme, Liszt's symphonic poem Tasso conducted by Peter Eotvos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by BELA DEKANY
Introduced by Paul Crossley